04-07-2009, 11:55 AM
<!--quoteo(post=27998:date=Apr 7 2009, 09:44 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Apr 7 2009, 09:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=27995:date=Apr 7 2009, 10:40 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 7 2009, 10:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I'm not so sure Peavy is worth a king's ransom anymore. Yeah -- he'd be nice to have with Harden's health/effectiveness in doubt, but I'm not so sure I want to sell the farm to get him.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This isn't a very logical reason, but here goes. Last night's start aside, and he actually looked better than the 3 ER would indicate, Peavy's been very very good against the Dodgers over his career. He even handled Manny last night. That could come in handy if we square off against them in the playoffs again. Anyway, I still want him.
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He looked pretty shaky early on actually which is when he gave up 3 of the 4 runs.. by about the 4th he settled down and looked as dominant as ever outside of the monster HR to Kemp.. He allowed an unearned run but it was his fault, making a throwing error on a pickup attempt.
One thing that was mentioned that I wasn't aware of was he had the lowest home ERA in baseball last year. Something like 1.70 at Petco.. Pretty drastic home/road splits.. However one thing that would bode well should be become a Cub.. He also had the best daytime ERA in baseball.
He's still filthy though. Last night was the first time he'd lost to the Dodgers since 2003. A span of 13 starts.
This isn't a very logical reason, but here goes. Last night's start aside, and he actually looked better than the 3 ER would indicate, Peavy's been very very good against the Dodgers over his career. He even handled Manny last night. That could come in handy if we square off against them in the playoffs again. Anyway, I still want him.
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He looked pretty shaky early on actually which is when he gave up 3 of the 4 runs.. by about the 4th he settled down and looked as dominant as ever outside of the monster HR to Kemp.. He allowed an unearned run but it was his fault, making a throwing error on a pickup attempt.
One thing that was mentioned that I wasn't aware of was he had the lowest home ERA in baseball last year. Something like 1.70 at Petco.. Pretty drastic home/road splits.. However one thing that would bode well should be become a Cub.. He also had the best daytime ERA in baseball.
He's still filthy though. Last night was the first time he'd lost to the Dodgers since 2003. A span of 13 starts.